Saving lives and leaving everything that was dear to her heart, Yevgeniya, together with her husband and five daughters, hurriedly left their native Kharkiv for Moldova under shelling. The youngest daughter was not even two years old at the time. Eugenia knows well the pain her mother feels when her children remember their favourite doll, board game or other things that were left at home, especially valuable to them.
For about two years, Eugenia has been attending women's meetings at the «Caring Hands» support centre, where women find support and learn to enjoy life anew. Eugenia's youngest daughters have already been to the centre many times. Eugenia has seen the love and attention with which they create these events for children, so this year she decided not only to bring her daughters to the festivities, but also to be part of the preparation. After learning about the «Give Hope» project, Eugenia was happy to take part in assembling and wrapping gifts.
This year the Chisinau centre held a Christmas party with a warm atmosphere, programme and gifts, which brought together 100 children from Ukrainian families. Among them were Eugenia's youngest daughters. They were looking forward to this day and rejoiced at every moment. Even small joys have a special value when they are far away from home, and the happy faces of the girls opening boxes with games, stationery and sweets cannot be forgotten, because together with gifts they received the hope of Christmas.
Eugenia is truly grateful that here, in Moldova, she has people with whom she feels support and warmth, and her children have the opportunity to experience real holidays and believe in miracles again.
